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Situational Assessment:
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An opportunity for an individual to try out different
types of work and/or assess recovery at work that they have done
before. These assessments are done at a business site with a job
coach. |
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Work Try-Outs:
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Work try-outs are usually four weeks and offer a potential
employee and employer a change to get to know each other before a
commitment for a job is made by either party.
The employer agrees to put the individual on their payroll for the
time period and pays the typical wage. The individual has a change
to do the job on a daily basis. A job coach is available, as
needed. At the end of the try-out, individual and coach evaluate
the success of the try-out. |
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Job Development:
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Preliminary to placing an individual, the job coach will
survey various employment resources to locate options for a good job
match between potential employee and employer. |
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Travel Training:
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Teaching an employee skills needed to get back and forth
to work, i.e.: identifying a safe route to walk, learning street
signs, using public transportation. |
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Intensive Training:
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Some individuals may need support and supervision beyond
what is usual in order to learn a new job. A job coach is
available until, by consensus between employer, employee and coach, it
is agreed that the employee is performing independently. |
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On-going Support:
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A job coach can be available for continuing visits with
the employee and employer to facilitate communication, work on social
skills, provide additional training if a job description changes or work
on other needs, should they arise. This can
also be referred to as
"follow-along services." |
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"We could not ask for better support or
cooperation from your staff."
Parents of a supported employee |
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"(My employee) needed improvement of certain
aspects of
her job. The job coach interviewed and researched to zero-in
on the problems. He worked steadily with her and there was
a vast improvement in her job performance. She seems
ready to make the move to a higher skilled position."
Bob Marlow, Eddy Cohoes Rehabilitation Center |
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Advocacy:
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This type of support can take many forms, i.e.:
clarifying a job description or defining conditions for a pay raise,
facilitating communication between an individual or family and an
employer. |
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"The job coach has been a very important link
so that
he is able to maintain his job. She helps him to
understand and recognize whatever problems he may
encounter and advises him accordingly."
Parent of a supported employee |
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Community-Based Vocational Experience:
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Working with special education students before they
graduate to assess skill levels, possible areas of interest and expand
their knowledge of the world of work. |
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Developmental Disability:
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A lifelong disability affecting normal growth and
development that one is born with or that occurs before the age of 22. |
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Brain Injury:
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Trauma to the brain whether through accident, illness, or
a birth. Effects of the injury may be physical, cognitive,
executive or psychosocial. |
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Incentives for Hiring:
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These programs include wage reimbursement (NYS: Four
Week Work Try-Outs) and credits on income tax (Federal: Welfare to
Work Tax Credit, Disabled Access Tax Credit, Architectural and
Transportation Barrier Removal Deduction; NYS: Workers with
Disabilities Employment Tax Credit, Economic Development Zone Wage Tax
Credit, Zone Equivalent Area Wage Tax Credit. |
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If you have questions, email us by clicking on the mailbox
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call Anne Valliere at (518)218-0000 x5308. |
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